Zoning Changes Proposed For Elm Street Parcels In Enfield

TOWN OF ENFIELD

The planning and zoning commission Thursday night will hear a proposal for a text and map change that would change a six parcels of land on Elm Street from residential use to business use. The change would also allow for gas stations within 1,000 feet of each other, rather than 2,000 feet of each other.

The planning and zoning commission Thursday night will hear a proposal for a text and map change that would change a six parcels of land on Elm Street from residential use to business use. The change would also allow for gas stations within 1,000 feet of each other, rather than 2,000 feet of each other.

ENFIELD – Thursday night, the town's planning and zoning commission will hold two public hearings on six parcels of land on Elm Street across from Palomba Drive, according to agenda documents.

The six parcels of land on Elm Street, also known as Route 220, are currently zoned residential, according to Assistant Town Planner Shawn Rairigh.

One of the public hearings will be on a request from applicant Enfield Properties LLC to rezone the six parcels of land — all of 143, 145 and 153 Elm St., portions of 147 and 149 Elm St. and a portion of property on Carol Street — to a business zone, according to agenda documents.

Rairigh said some ideas for the six parcels include a cluster of commercial buildings, possibly including a bank with a drive-through window, a day care and a convenience store gas station, among others.

The other public hearing addresses Enfield Properties' request to build a gas station on one of the parcels, Rairigh said, which would require changing the town's zoning regulations to allow gas stations within 1,000 feet of each other. Currently, the town's zoning regulations only allow gas stations within 2,000 feet of each other, Rairigh said.

Thursday's meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in Enfield Town Hall Council Chambers, 820 Enfield St. A copy of the agenda is available online at http://www.enfield-ct.gov, at Town Hall in the planning office or at the meeting.